US EditionMicrosoft Patches the Patch that Put Windows 11 in a Coma
- Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band patch KB5062170 in May 2025 to fix startup failures caused by the KB5058405 Windows 11 security update.
- The patch resolves installation and startup problems mainly impacting enterprise virtual environments operating on Windows 11 builds 22H2 and 23H2.
- Affected systems, including Azure and on-premises virtual machines, entered recovery mode showing 0xc0000098 errors related to the ACPI.sys driver, preventing OS loading.
- Microsoft recommended applying the cumulative KB5062170 update from the Microsoft Update Catalog before deploying the May 2025 update and advised Azure customers to use repair commands if issues occurred.
- The out-of-band update resolves the critical boot failures, mitigating widespread disruptions and protecting virtual desktop infrastructures in business environments.
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News extracted from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. If you are using Windows 11 in its 22H2 or 23H2 versions, there is an urgent warning that you should not ignore. Microsoft has just published a critical update to fix an error that prevents booting the operating system. It all started with the KB5058405, security update launched in May 2025, which ended up introducing a serious bug with the error code 0xc0000098.…
Microsoft releases emergency fix for Windows 11 startup problems
Following the release of the KB5058405 update last month, Microsoft acknowledged that it was causing problems for some users. Affected users were left with startup issues and a warning of a 0xc0000098 error in the ACPI.sys file. Now the company has released an out-of-band fix for the issue in the form of the KB5062170 update. Such is the impact of the original problem that Microsoft recommends installing this update in place of the May 2025 secu…
Microsoft issues out-of-band patches for Windows 11 startup failure
Windows administrators stung by a faulty Microsoft update in the May Patch Tuesday releases now have fixes for the problem. Over the weekend, Microsoft released out-of-band updates to correct the failure of Windows 11 computers running versions 22H2/23H2 of the operating system, mainly in virtual environments, to start. The problem: While installing the May Windows security update (KB5058405) on some of these computers, the OS thinks a crucial f…
Windows 11 users have experienced some cold sweats in recent days, especially those operating in virtualized environments. Microsoft has had to urgently deploy a new update, the KB5062170, to solve a critical bug that prevented the startup of some systems.
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